Nabua, Camarines Sur

Posted on October 5, 2022 | by admin

Community Learning Hub at Nabua, Camarines Sur.

Community Learning Hubs

They have already refined the process of standing up physical sites and a great training program for the volunteer tutors. This process includes ensuring that the operations are above board. Transparency as well as accountability are also enforced that would be a good way for donors to monitor their generosity is being put to good use.

The reading level of the kids are also measured to ensure that their progress is being monitored and improved going forward. The Bradelinas Foundation has been partnering with existing CLHs in the province of Camarines Sur. One of these is in Nabua. We support the physical sites thru book donations. We give financial support to the tutors who visits those locations.

A good number of volunteers do not live in the town where the CLH are located and thus have to travel either via public transportation or use their own personal vehicles. Our foundation is reimbursing their fares or fuel to lessen the their financial burdenas they travel to and from these hubs.

Reading Improvement

We have to keep supporting them until the schools in the Philippines would be self sufficient, with enough teachers and materials that students no longer need outside help to keep up with their studies.

Transparency

The CLH are set up for transparency, Budgets are posted online to allow the public, especially donors to peruse how the CLH is using its funds. We hope that it gives donors the satisfaction of knowing where their money is going.

Tabuco Community Learning Center

Posted on October 5, 2022 | by admin

One of the earliest Community Learning Hubs, established under the Bayanihan e-Skwela program of former VP Leni Robredo, was for Barangay Tabuco in Naga City. It was spearheaded by the UP Alumni Association, Camarines Sur Chapter. Though continually hampered by the lockdowns due to the pandemic, the tutorial sessions started even before its formal launch in March of 2021.

As early as January, 70 students had already been availing of the services of the hub. They were identified from the survey data of DepEd Naga’s Division Office and confirmed through the house visits of the volunteer tutors.

Indeed, what the OVP back then saw as need to supplement the teaching instructions for kids due to the COViD health crisis was existent.

Aside from the lack of gadgets or wifi connections at home, the parents themselves were not available to assist their children with their modules. They were away at work for sometimes more than 8 hours daily fending for their families.

Measuring Progress

Like all Community Learning Hubs, measuring the progress of the students is an indispensable part of the program. This provides the necessary

feedback for every stakeholder. The initially OVP-trained volunteer tutors from the youth groups, Millennials.ph and Tabuco Sangguniang Kabataan, immediately saw from their sessions that many were struggling readers.

Therefore, their focus then became reading and writing so the children from pre-school to Grade 4 may be able to tackle their modules as expected. Closer coordination with the Tabuco Elementary School Principal facilitated the identification of those children who were most challenged.

Recently, the active tutees from the various grade levels numbered 40. The first fruits of the Tabuco CLH shared their talent in reciting the poems they have read and memorized during the culminating and recognition activity last July 8. These 28 pupils who attended were assessed as ready to move up to Grades 1 and 2.

It is also noteworthy that the Operations Head and the volunteer-tutors, mostly education students and fresh graduates, are the most deserving to be recognized in what the Tabuco CLH has achieved so far. Spending their free time and resources by helping those in need is most humbling.

Community Effort

Despite the difficulties on the first year of implementation, the UPAA Board vows to continue this project and aims for its accreditation as part of the “Angat Pinas” in no time soon.

Gratitude is, however, unending for the major partners, the Universidad de Sta. Isabel (USI) HS ’82 for the 10 units of desktop computers and some health protocol equipment, USI HS ’80, USI HS ’86, and USI Alumna Raquel V. Ragragio on finances.

The Integrated Institute of Electrical Engineers (IIEE), United Architects of the Philippines (UAP), Camarines Sur, and the Geodetic Engineers of the Philippines, Inc. (GEPI) have also made the construction and physical transformation of the hub possible.

The Kindness Mentality for the books, Zonta Club of Naga and CamSur and CamSur for the wall fans, and the Pilgrims Hotel, JSMP Enterprises, Bicol Petroleum who have all contributed to the completion of the project as well, together with Filipino Homes CamSur and Naga City Guide

Community Learning Hub

Posted on July 27, 2022 | by admin

Community Learning Hubs

Do you ever wish you could help kids learn to read,? Do you want to expand their world thru books? One of the best ways to do that in the Philippines is thru community learning centers. These are barangay-based sites with volunteer tutors helping children especially in disadvantaged areas supplement their learning thru these centers. Angat Pinas (formerly Angat Buhay) have help set up among the best run community learning hubs. They have already refined the process of standing up physical sites and a great training program for the volunteer tutors. This process includes ensuring that the operations are above board. Transparency as well as accountability are also enforced that would be a good way for donors to monitor their generosity is being put to good use. The reading level of the kids are also measured to ensure that their progress is being monitored and improved going forward.

The Bradelinas Foundation has been partnering with existing CLHs in the province of Camarines Sur. One of these is in Nabua. We support the physical sites thru book donations. We give financial support to the tutors who visits those locations. A good number of volunteers do not live in the town where the CLH are located and thus have to travel either via public transportation or use their own personal vehicles. Our foundation is reimbursing their fares or fuel to lessen the their financial burdenas they travel to and from these hubs.

Reading Improvement

The CLH program in Nabua has been very successful. The kids in Nabua has shown mark improvement with their reading skills. The CLH administrators regularly evaluates these kids to provide the stakeholders feedback on everyone’s efforts. It is our hope that our foundation thru the public’s donation would be able to sustain these hubs. We know that these programs are not sprints but marathons. We have to keep supporting them until the schools in the Philippines would be self sufficient, with enough teachers and materials that students no longer need outside help to keep up with their studies.